How does someone who failed Year 12 miserably become Australia's first in-house school lawyer? Once a defiant teenager, Vincent Shin and his teachers never expected he would become a lawyer. But Mr Shin managed to overcome a childhood marred by family violence.
Tony Abbott's decision to remove the carbon price and wind back the Renewable Energy Target was a disaster. Rather than reducing energy costs, it has brought our electricity generation industry closer to crisis point, writes Ian Verrender.
Who can overcome the wind and the length of the Erin Hills course in Wisconsin to seal victory in this year's US Open? Follow all the action in our live blog.
In what is expected to be a "terrifying time" for 100,000 people trapped in Mosul's Old City, Iraqi forces storm the Islamic State-held district, seeking to end a nine-month campaign to seize the militants' stronghold.
It's brought an influx of tourists to their towns, but several local councils may impose taxes on Airbnb to ensure long-term residents can find a place to live.
The British Government scrambles to contain political fallout from the London high-rise inferno as it emerges the cladding used on the tower may have been banned in the UK, while public grief turns to frustration and anger.
President Emmanuel Macron is set to win a commanding majority in France's parliamentary election, early estimates show, sweeping aside mainstream parties and securing a powerful mandate to push through his pro-business reforms.
The search for seven US Navy sailors missing after their destroyer collided with a cargo ship in waters off Japan is called off after several bodies are found in the ship's flooded compartments, including sleeping quarters.
US President Donald Trump begins his day with a series of tweets defending his record and lashing out at the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
At least 61 people, including several firefighters, are killed as forest fires rip through several towns in central Portugal, many of them trapped in their cars as flames sweep over a road.
North Korea accuses US authorities of "mugging" its diplomats at the John F Kennedy airport in New York, forcibly confiscating a diplomatic package which it says raises questions about the city as the seat of the United Nations.
A Brisbane cancer survivor says medicinal cannabis helped heal a large ulcerating tumour eating into his neck as doctors prepare to meet in Melbourne to learn more about prescribing the newly available drug.
As many as five suicide bombers attack a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan in an attack doctors say killed at least five police and wounded at least 30 other people.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he is willing to curb the rights of a few individuals to protect the state from the threat of terrorism as he announces a report into how anti-terrorism laws should be strengthened in the state.
Gonski 2.0 could be finalised this week — but only if the Government can find the 10 votes it needs to get the schools funding package across the line. The only party not at the negotiating table is Labor, with all other senators still talking to the Government.
When Mike and Joan Gourley adopted an old cattle dog with cancer, they didn't know how much longer either they or their new family member would have, but they're planning on spending retirement together.
One of the triplet baby bilbies born near Brisbane earlier this year is introduced to renowned UK primatologist Dr Jane Goodall, after whom it was named.
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