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As we approach the second anniversary of #MeToo in October, some may ask what, if anything, has been achieved? Over the weekend, one of the most high profile alleged offenders to be snared in #MeToo’s net, the wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, died by apparent suicide while in jail awaiting trial on charges he recruited dozens of underage victims – some of whom he trained to recruit others – as part of a sex trafficking ring he ran for at least five years in the early 2000s. What happens next

Hundreds of post-it notes fluttered over the graffiti on Hosier Lane in central Melbourne on Saturday in a message of support to pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong. The notes are part of an art installation – Lennon Wall for Hong Kong, by Chinese-Australian artist and political dissident Badiucao – depicting Chinese leader Xi Xingping and Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam. Extradition laws proposed by the Hong Kong government, which would allow someone in Hong Kong to be sent to mainland

Maxim Boon meets China's most famous musical son ahead of his latest Australian tour.

A drug-fuelled threesome turned deadly for a man whose body was dumped in a wheelie bin after he was strangled in a jealous rage by another member of the trio.

The late activist Audre Lorde wrote the now-famous quote, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” That is absolutely true – and wise words for the growing army of feminist activists who are taking to the streets in pursuit of equality with energy not seen since the height of second wave feminism. But beware the rise of corporate “feminist wellness”, selling you a soothing balm of tea and scented candles – a kind of faux femi

So called “political violence” or “violence against women in politics” is a specific thing. But before I give you the technical definition, let me just say that yesterday’s Sunshine Coast Daily front page featuring Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk in the crosshairs of a rifle with the headline, Anna, You’re Next, is a pretty classic example. From commonplace acts of harassment and sexual harassment, to misogynistic and sexist verbal attacks, much of it increasingly online, women in poli

A few years ago, my family benefited from the help of an excellent au pair from Germany. In the vein of Mary Poppins, she was practically perfect in every way, except for one minor fault: she had an annoying habit of musing out loud on the perceived inadequacies of Australia compared with her home country and frequently started sentences with, “In Germany ...” Cue meditation on German superiority. It happened so often that it become a kind of joke in our family, something my husband and I still

Lonely widower Elia Abdelmessih was 69 when he was found bludgeoned to death with a tin of mangoes and a statue of the Virgin Mary near his body. The identity of his killer remained a mystery for 13 years.

Two young Victorian men have been jailed for raping a woman in a caravan, where one of the attackers told his co-offender "she's all yours now".

Nur Islam couldn't explain to police why he turned himself into a human fireball at a Melbourne bank, other than to say he "felt angry at the time".

"For those prepared to make the journey, there are rich rewards to be found."

Irish visitor The Cliffsofmoher has been put down after a mishap passing the winning post the first time in the Melbourne Cup. The Caulfield Cup placegetter, trained by Aidan O'Brien, fractured a shoulder as he was approaching the turn out of the straight for the first time. Stablemate Yucatan was favourite and ran 11th in the race, which was won by Cross Counter, with Marmelo second and A Prince of Arran third. Jamie Stier, Racing Victoria's manager of integrity services, confirmed the news

Irish visitor The Cliffsofmoher has been put down after a mishap passing the winning post the first time in the Melbourne Cup. The Caulfield Cup placegetter, trained by Aidan O'Brien, fractured a shoulder as he was approaching the turn out of the straight for the first time. Stablemate Yucatan was favourite and ran 11th in the race, which was won by Cross Counter, with Marmelo second and A Prince of Arran third. Jamie Stier, Racing Victoria's manager of integrity services, confirmed the news

Melanie Young was looking to earn some extra money for her young family - all she had to do was download a smart phone app. Now, the catalogue distribution industry is facing allegations of exploitation, with features such as monitoring apps indicating a closer employment relationship between companies and contractors.

A new staged song-cycle, by Steve Vizard and Paul Grabowsky, wrestles with the innate agism faced by many women in opera, writes Maxim Boon.

Over the past two and a half years, Afterpay has emerged from nowhere to become a $4 billion juggernaut - one of Australia's biggest fintech successes. It has amassed an army of devoted users, many of them millennials, who love the product, and a crew of faithful shareholders who gush about its stunning growth. Afterpay's shares are up nearly 2000 per cent over the past 2 ½years. Its co-founder and chief executive Nick Molnar, who is not yet 30, has skyrocketed up the rich list - his stake in th

With every swipe and tap of your finger your smart phone, and its apps, are building a picture of just who is using it. That is a key finding in new research out of the CSIRO that warns consumers their distinctive finger gestures could be harvested by data-hungry app developers. The research from CSIRO’s Data61 division describes ‘touch based tracking’ which sees your device extracting data on how you tap, zoom, and swipe, including the velocity and acceleration of the movements.

The celebrated Korean composer shares the challenges of her upbringing and how she overcame them with Maxim Boon.

An ice user ‘‘let a rabid dog off the leash’’ in rural Victoria the night he orchestrated the fatal home invasion of a sleeping elderly man.

A man who claimed his former lover died in a suicide pact allegedly used his weight to drown the "caring and beautiful" woman in the bath.

A dead man found in a barrel in rural Victoria had amphetamine and possibly GHB in his system, two broken ribs and a "liquefied" brain, a court has been told.

It's the question most parents ask themselves at some point: Should I charge my adult working children board or allow them to live at home free so they can accumulate savings?

A woman allegedly enslaved by a Melbourne couple was at times beaten with a frozen chicken, had boiling water thrown on her legs and hot tea splashed in her face, a court has been told.

A man was convinced his mother had used black magic and sexually molested him as a child before he allegedly murdered her with a rolling pin and a knife, a Melbourne court has been told.

A man who admitted raping and murdering six-year-old Kylie Maybury in 1984 has been attacked in jail, with boiling water poured on his groin.

In 1890, Dutch palaeoanthropologist Eugene Dubois, exploring the dense rainforest that covers the Padang Highlands of Sumatra, entered a particular cave and found two human-looking fossilised teeth.

A "suspicious and jealous" Victorian farmer who murdered his son-in-law believing the younger man was having an affair with his wife has been jailed for 23 years.

"Let me scan your passport," said the nice man in the foyer of Tokyo's Henn Na hotel. "The dinosaurs tend to read them backwards."

A Melbourne man accused of slitting his drug dealer's throat in the back of a car confessed the crime to a friend and then threatened to kill his mate's family if he dobbed, a court has been told.

Mechanical and robotic exoskeletons hold considerable promise, both as aids to the disabled and machines to increase the lifting power of worked in heavy industry, but so far the reality has lagged considerably behind the dream. One of the principle obstacles faced by designers in the need for frequent recalibration of exoskeleton settings.