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There’s a sting in the tale of Vietnam travel

"The more dangerous the snake, the better the whisky." That's what a Vietnamese local tells me as she hands me the bottle, a cobra inside with a black scorpion's tail in its jaws, as we sit on the banks of the Mekong Delta.

Indigenous rights: ‘They can’t wash their hands of this’

It was the most successful referendum in the nation's history, but the 1967 vote was only the beginning of an unfinished journey to equality for indigenous Australians.

The delegation from Australia enters the Maracana Stadium during the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympic games. Photo: Silvia Izquierdo / AP

"Anything's possible" as Paralympics get off to flying start

A man in a wheelchair soared down a six-storey high ramp at high speed as fireworks lit the sky over Rio's Maracana Stadium.

Record fourth-year of losses tipped for $A

The Australian dollar is set for a third consecutive year in the red as 2015 draws to a close and could reach a post-float record of pain if the tailspin continues next year.