The pilot of a chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel before crashing into the Andes, according to a leaked recording of the final minutes of the doomed flight.
Protesters who forced a suspension of yesterday's Question Time again breach security at Parliament House, abseiling down the front of the building to unfurl a banner reading "Close the bloody camps now #justice4refugees".
A 65-year-old man who was bitten by a great white shark while he was surfing on New South Wales' Mid North Coast is "quite happy" and in stable condition.
A woman who starved her pet Chihuahua to death in Adelaide has struggled during her six weeks in prison while suffering depression and anxiety, a court hears.
A Melbourne man who accidentally shot dead his friend while posing for photos has been sentenced to eight years' jail as the judge warned "guns, drugs and stupidity did not mix".
Experts are warning people to be careful of heatwaves, saying they are a natural disaster responsible for killing the largest number of people in Australia.
You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts.
This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com.
Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email.
This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced.
United States President-elect Donald Trump has taken to Twitter to announce he will be leaving his far-flung business to focus on running the country
Next time you enjoy a glass of Belgian beer, you can rest assured that it's a "cultural" experience. UNESCO has added Belgian beer to the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Now that's something we can all raise a glass to.
Here's what's coming up:
7:30am AEDT: Health Minister Sussan Ley, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, Labor senator Penny Wong and MP Catherine King will all give speeches to a World AIDS Day parliamentary breakfast
7:40am AEDT: Finance Minister Mathias Cormann will be on Radio National followed by senator Jacqui Lambie at 8:05am
8:05am AEDT: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will be on AM ABC Radio
10:30am AEDT: Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley will announce new initiatives for the 2017 tournament
4:00pm AEDT: SA Premier Jay Weatherill will give a formal apology to the state's LGBTIQ community for decades of discrimination
The Federal Government is refusing to budge on its 15 per cent backpacker tax proposal as the clock counts down to the end of Parliament and last chance for MPs to resolve the contentious issue.
The United Nations Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea aimed at cutting the Asian country's annual export revenue by a quarter in response to Pyongyang's fifth and largest nuclear test in September.
There is significant support in Australia for commercial surrogacy to be legalised and professional guidelines drawn up to regulate the industry, a study finds.
What will it take for hi-tech wheelchairs, exoskeletons, robotic arms and mind control to really change the everyday lives of people with physical disabilities?
Next time you raise a glass of Belgian beer, rest assured, it's a cultural experience — UNESCO is adding Belgian beer to the list of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
A surgeon who was told by the nation's medical watchdog to stop giving specific nutritional advice is one of several cases prompting a Senate committee to call for an inquiry into the agency.
For just $US20, a group of Sydney high school students recreate the key ingredient used in the drug Daraprim, which retails in the tens of thousands in the United States.
An Aboriginal Mural on the side of Sydney's Wayside Chapel at Bondi, which is described as a key symbol of reconciliation, is painted over and destroyed by the Chapel's management.
United States President-elect Donald Trump says he will be leaving his far-flung business "in total" to focus on running the country and will outline the plan in a December 15 news conference with his family.
Tim Cahill brings success to Melbourne City at long last, scoring the only goal of the FFA Cup final against Sydney FC as the A-League upstarts claim the first trophy in their seven-year history.
The news that DOLLY Magazine will axe its print edition has seen an end of an era, however the success of the models whose careers stemmed from the publication are still alive and well.
Get a peek at the natural beauty this country's greatest ecologists are exposed to as the Ecological Society of Australia announces the winners of its annual photography competition.
You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts.
This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com.
Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email.
This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced.
