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  • 7:30pm AEDT: Illawarra Hawks take on the Perth Wildcats in the NBL

  • 5:00am AEDT Saturday: Australia players Scotland in the opening match of the rugby league Four Nations

 
Top Stories
Bus driver dies after being set alight in 'horrific' attack
A 48-year-old man is in custody after a bus driver was killed when he was doused in flammable liquid and set alight in Brisbane.
 
Dreamworld victims' father thanks public for 'outpouring of love and support'
The father of two of the people who died in the Dreamworld ride disaster thanks friends and the public for the outpouring of love and support his family has received.
 
Father to 'die in jail' as parents sentenced for abuse of daughter
A "depraved and sadistic" father is given 48 years in jail, and a mother 16 years, for sexually abusing and torturing their daughter in northern New South Wales over a 15-year period.
 
Blood donors' personal data accessed in Red Cross breach
The personal data of 550,000 blood donors is leaked from the Red Cross Blood Service in what has been described as Australia's largest security breach.
 
Australia names bolter Joe Mennie in 12-man Test squad
Redbacks paceman Joe Mennie gets the nod over Tasmania's Jackson Bird for the first Test squad against South Africa as much for his lower-order batting as his bowling.
 
Towering pet steer Big Moo could be Australia's biggest bovine
Glencoe Guernsey steer Big Moo could take the title of Australia's biggest bovine, his owner Joanne Vine says, and she is willing to wager a steak dinner on it.
 
Bob Day may remain Senator if new investors 'revive' company
Family First's Bob Day says he may stay on as a senator if new investors manage to save his troubled construction company.
 
All-Australian consortium withdraws bid for Kidman cattle empire
The all-Australian BBHO consortium is out of the game after Gina Rinehart's joint venture company raised its bid for the S. Kidman & Co cattle empire.
 
German tourist charged over Gold Coast one-punch attack
A 29-year-old German tourist is charged with grievous bodily harm over a one-punch attack on the Gold Coast that critically injured a man who was trying to break up a fight.
 
'Fit and proper' people can apply to grow cannabis this weekend
Growing cannabis legally will be a step closer on Sunday when federal legislation comes into effect allowing the drug to be grown for medicinal purposes.
 
Wayne Gardner to be released from custody in Japan
Former motorcycle world champion Wayne Gardner is set to be released from custody in Japan after being accused of assaulting three men during a road rage incident.
 
Friends find missing Esperance couple alive after 10 days
A couple missing for 10 days in WA's Great Southern are found alive and well by friends in remote bushland where their car had broken down, a day after police gave up the search for them.
 
Minister dogged by embarrassment after failing to declare house
Embattled Victorian minister Steve Herbert breaks parliamentary rules by failing to declare he owns a country house, to which his dogs were chauffeured at taxpayers' expense, prompting calls for his sacking.
 
Hidden layers discovered at 'Tomb of Jesus' site
A restoration team peels away a marble layer for the first time in centuries in an attempt to reach what it believes is the original rock surface where Jesus' body was laid.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By Saul Eslake, University of Tasmania A Trump presidency 'could bring a range of economic disasters'
By Saul Eslake, University of Tasmania
By business reporter David Taylor High Australian dollar could turn on a dime
By business reporter David Taylor
By Gabrielle Appleby, UNSW Opinion: Solicitor-General's role has been damaged
By Gabrielle Appleby, UNSW
By Fiona McLeod Australia is failing vulnerable slavery victims
By Fiona McLeod
 
Just In
We bought a zoo ... in the middle of nowhere
October 28, 2016 - 3:44 pm
Top 25 memorable Vines: A eulogy to the killed app
October 28, 2016 - 3:24 pm
'Behave like an adult': ARLC chairman's warning to Andrew Fifita
October 28, 2016 - 3:13 pm
 
World
Pence's plane slides off runway at NYC's LaGuardia Airport
Lofty goals: Uber envisions flying cars within 10 years
Three Australian women headed to Iraq to provide humanitarian aid
 
Business
Banks to repay fees for work they didn't do. Big deal.
All-Australian consortium withdraws bid for Kidman cattle empire
Woolworths' heavy discounting pays off
 
Politics
Pence's plane slides off runway at NYC's LaGuardia Airport
Indigenous family violence services receiving $25 million in federal funding
Confessions of a 'double dipper'
 
Sport
Australia names bolter Joe Mennie in 12-man Test squad
Who is Australia's newest fast bowler, Joe Mennie?
'Behave like an adult': ARLC chairman's warning to Andrew Fifita
 
Science and Tech
Lofty goals: Uber envisions flying cars within 10 years
NASA images show Schiaparelli lander created crater on Mars
'Patient Zero' not cause of HIV/AIDS epidemic in US: study
 
Environment
'No formal decision' made to close Hazelwood power station: Frydenberg
Aurora Australis dazzles Tasmania's night sky
Cockatoo Island traditional owners worried about collapse of Pluton Resources
 

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