Stay informed: Saturday 7 March, 2015
CRISIS AVERTED
Harrison Ford: real life action hero saves Santa Monica
Plummeting towards the Earth in a WWII fighter plane, the 72-year-old actor had just minutes to save himself, and the people in the city below him, from a terrible fate.
Mission accomplished.
AVIATION MYSTERY
One year later: five theories on the disappearance of MH370
Despite 12 months of searches and theories, aviation’s ‘greatest mystery’ remains unsolved.
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TRAVEL
Babies, knives and pigs in bars: tales of a travel writer
Travel writing is a fun, action-packed career – until things go pear-shaped. Chris Pritchard shares his most memorable holiday nightmares.
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WOMEN IN SPORT
Angela Pippos: Adelaide Oval to give women their due reward, finally!
Almost 12 months after we first raised the issue, the Adelaide Oval has revealed plans to honour women at the redeveloped stadium.
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WELLBEING
Sugar’s no sweet: here’s bitter truth
New film shows how the average Australian is eating 40 teaspoons of sugar a day through innocuous ‘healthy’ foods.
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GREAT STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED THIS WEEK
NATURE
‘Predator’ weasel rides into battle on a woodpecker
English photographer captures one of nature’s weirdest moments.
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WARNING
The latest trick hackers are using to hijack your data
Hackers are using a new extortion technique where they aim to make money by holding your personal files hostage.
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POLITICS
What politicians aren’t telling voters about the sale of polls and wires
The NSW Liberals’ plan to sell the state’s electricity network is “tricky” and “dishonest”, economists say.
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MOVIES
Out of Focus: Margot Robbie’s rookie error
The Aussie ingénue may have blown her next big move with con artist flick ‘Focus’.
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