Credit reporting giant under investigation

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Australia's privacy watchdog is investigating Veda Advantage for selling personal financial data.

Live: Joyce seeks to downplay asylum seeker comments

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Barnaby Joyce has downplayed comments linking asylum seekers with the live export ban to Indonesia.

Asylum seeker boat capsizes off Libya

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A series of photos show the shipwreck of an overcrowded boat of asylum seekers off the Libyan coast.

Drugs not great for lower back pain

Painkillers (Flickr: Guian Bolisay) RN Afternoons

Opioid painkillers are often prescribed for lower back pain, but new research casts serious doubt on their effectiveness.

Are the Government's super changes retrospective?

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Malcolm Turnbull claims the Government's super changes are 'not at all' retrospective.

Neanderthals built complex underground structures

Neanderthal structures found in French cave (SSAC:Etienne Fabre) ABC Science

Neanderthals were building complex underground structures by firelight, possibly for rituals, 176,500 years ago.

Kyrgios and Stosur into third round at French Open

Nick Kyrgios (Getty Images: Dennis Grombkowski) ABC Sport

Australia's top-ranked male and female players have waltzed into the French Open third round with straight sets wins.

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At least 50,000 people are trapped in the Iraqi city of Fallujah as Government forces battle Islamic State for control.

A taste of Noongar language

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The power of music

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Napoleon's legend

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