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• $30b wiped off share market

Australian shares caught in a global rout, with the big banks leading falls.




• Lynn sorry for Twitter posts

Queensland cricketer apologises for tweets attacking Te'o accuser.




• Slain mum sexually assaulted: police



Detectives say a car was also stolen from the Logan woman's home.



• $30b wiped off share market



Australian shares slumped in a broad-based sell-off that has wiped about $30b off the market's value.
• Logan vigil for murdered Joan



Detectives retrace the route Logan woman took to McDonald's.



• 'We're at war': mob anger in UK



Far-right activists in balaclavas clash with police after man hacked to death in London.
• 'We're at war': mob anger after killing



Far-right activists in balaclavas clash with UK police after man hacked to death in London.
• 'We are at war': killing sparks anger



Far-right activists in balaclavas clash with riot police after London killing.



• Vaccination crackdown push



Children may be refused entry to childcare centres.
• $25b wiped off share market



Share losses are accelerating in a broad-based sell-off that has wiped more than $25b off the market's value.
• Cricketer attacks Te'o accuser

Batsman could be in hot water with CA after weighing in over assault allegations.

• Queensland cricketer attacks Te'o accuser on Twitter

Batsman could be in hot water with CA after weighing in over assault allegations.




• Brisbane hit by record low



Forecasters say worst is yet to come for the southeast.



• State spruiks holiday hotspots



Premier pumps up state's best tourism assets to investors.



• Drinks debate rages into night



Voices break and MP ejected as rowdy parly passes liquor laws.



• Drinks debate rages into the wee hours



Voices break and MP ejected as rowdy parly passes liquor laws.



• Disturbances on night of murder



Neighbours hear crying man, running, yelling in foreign language.



• Drinks debate flows into the wee hours



Voices break and MP ejected as rowdy parly passes liquor laws.



• Teen falls three storeys in shaft

Teenager trapped in air-conditioning shaft after roof fall.




• Power pact locked in



Ergon locked into contracts with generators that may be sold.
• Power producers and retailers tied together



Ergon locked into contracts with generators that may be sold.



• Terror in London: soldier hacked to death



Soldier killed in an apparent terror attack outside a London barracks, with suspect telling shocked bystanders "we will never stop fighting".



• Port may buy into rail



Port of Brisbane considers investment in $4.7b inland project.
• Tenants service in deep water



Tenants service thrown a ?life raft? but future uncertain.



• Port of Brisbane eyes inland rail investment



Port consideres investment in $4.7 billion inland rail project.

Brisbane Times National Headlines

• Peter Slipper faces trial in December



Former speaker Peter Slipper will stand trial in December over claims he defrauded the Commonwealth.



• Drugs regulator could tighten Xanax rules



Experts urge action to counter the abuse of anxiety and insomnia drugs.



• 2500 jobs lost as cleaner goes bust



Major cleaning company Swan Services has gone out of business, putting 2500 cleaners across Australia - and an estimated 800 in Victoria - out of work.



• Air safety body slammed over air ambulance crash investigation



The country's air-safety investigation bureau has been castigated in its handling of an inquiry into the ditching of an air-ambulance plane in the sea off Norfolk Island in November 2009.



• Ford suppliers under the hammer



Two car manufacturers remain, but will they be enough to sustain the local industry?



• Peter Slipper heading for a trial



Former speaker Peter Slipper will stand trial in December over claims he defrauded the Commonwealth.



• Tom Waterhouse is ruining industry, betting rival says



Australia's biggest corporate bookmaker, Sportingbet, has backed calls for a complete ban on the spruiking of live odds in sports broadcasts and launched a withering attack on Tom Waterhouse.



• Man acquitted of people smuggling charges



He helped sail a leaky fishing boat packed with 97 asylum seekers to Christmas Island but a court found he had no idea where the boat was going.



• No plans to cull bureaucrats: Hockey



The federal opposition has sought to calm fears it will cull the bureaucracy's leaders if it wins office.



• Indigenous staff desert public service



Indigenous public servants are quitting their jobs at almost twice the rate of non-indigenous colleagues.



• Betting blitz hits junior footballers on club website



Junior footballers checking club's website recently were bombarded with betting ads.



• Childcare, schools lead rise in cost of raising children



The cost of raising children has risen 50 per cent in the past five years with a middle-income family now spending $812,000 on two children, new modelling shows.



• Childcare, schools lead rise in cost of raising children



The cost of raising children has risen 50 per cent in the past five years with a middle-income family now spending $812,000 on two children, new modelling shows.



• Sportingbet backs TV ban



Bookmaker backs calls for complete ban on spruiking of live odds in sports broadcasts.
• Costs rise on raising children



Cost of raising children up 50 per cent past five, new modelling shows.
• Costs rise on raising children



Cost of raising children up 50 per cent past five, new modelling shows.



• Betting blitz hits junior footballers on club website



Junior footballers checking club's website recently were bombarded with betting ads.



• Qantas aims to close fuel surcharge loophole



Savvy frequent flyers are avoiding as much as $610 in fuel surcharges on Qantas international flights by exploiting a loophole in its alliance with Emirates.



• A big drop, but Rinehart is still richer than everyone else



Gina Rinehart's personal wealth has shed a staggering $7 billion in the past 12 months, but even her losses exceed the total wealth of Australia's next richest person, according to the BRW Rich 200 list, released on Thursday.



• Aged care can't meet growing demands of the population



Aged care providers claim the sector is facing a crisis with lack of funding for the number of places and trained staff required to provide for Australia's ageing population.



• Malware fight goes public on the web



At any one time in Australia about 16,500 IP addresses are identified as having malware-infected devices behind them.



• The Frenchman who almost conquered the Blue Mountains



Heroic effort failed just one day away from success.
• State Liberals propose privatising ABC, SBS



Tony Abbott is facing internal pressure from Victorian Liberals to privatise the ABC and SBS if he wins the September 14 election amid claims both organisations are struggling to comply with their charters.



• $25m fine 'means life' in foreign jail



Australians caught up in Dubai's legal system are facing harsh penalties, writes Rick Feneley.



• Single parents struggle after shift to Newstart



A bleak picture of disadvantage among single parents forced onto Newstart has emerged, with a new Salvation Army report finding the contentious policy has compounded levels of deprivation.

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