Friday news quiz: Duchess back on TV, an oversized sultana and eels in the mood for love

Website reporting on crime in Victoria staffed by workers in Philippines

Victoria Crime News is a news website that purports to use local journalists. But when ABC NEWS Verify contacted its owner, he admitted the articles on his site were not written by Australians.

‘Awesome day’: all aboard Sydney’s new metro stations as the long-awaited extension opens

The crowd was a sea of Sydney metro-themed T-shirts, badges, caps, earrings and sequinned jackets. The 4.31am train on the south-west metro extension left Bankstown on time on Friday, arriving at Sydenham, where the line previously terminated, just over 20 minutes later.

B-SMILE cancels tenders for two elevated corridor projects again, refloats on the same day with reestimates

In a notification issued on Thursday, B-SMILE says the two tenders have been cancelled due to technical reasons, as instructed by the Urban Development Department, which is the competent authority

Karnataka ranks second in PLI Scheme for Textiles and job creation

Demo Day for 20 start-ups in Mysuru on Oct. 30

‘It’s a theatre and we’re pawns’: taking the stand as an expert witness

As one of the world’s leading forensic anthropologists, Dame Sue Black has acted as an expert witness in a myriad of high-profile criminal cases. Speaking to Ian Sample, the professor explains why standing up in front of a judge and jury has been one of the more terrifying parts of her career, the reputational risk of presenting evidence in court and what the future of forensic science could look like Order An Expert Witness from the Guardian bookshop Support the Guardian: