The Australian football icon and SBS commentator is remembered as "a much-loved colleague, mentor and friend who has left a unique legacy" after his death following a "long period of illness".
For generations of football fans in Australia, Les Murray personified the game, gave it long sought-after credibility and made the country fall in love with it.
A father and son are among those detained over an alleged plot to blow up a plane using a bomb hidden in a kitchen meat grinder, as authorities continue to gather evidence following counter-terror raids in Sydney.
Increased passenger screening in the wake of the weekend's alleged bomb plot arrests is just "window dressing" and "human intelligence" is the key to preventing terror attacks on planes, a security expert says.
Three years after Ms Dhu's death in custody, her mother says she's still waiting for justice. The family are taking the case to the Supreme Court, where lawyers say it will expose "the rotten core of prejudice" in police and health services.
The US ambassador to the United Nations warns "China must act" and "the time for talk is over" after North Korea test fires a ballistic missile which experts say is capable of hitting anywhere in the US.
A Sydney man who has been charged over an illegal firearms cache pointed a high-calibre pistol at his four-year-old daughter and pulled the trigger before letting her play with the gun, police allege.
Allegations of water theft and meter tampering in NSW forge an unusual alliance between sworn political enemies in South Australia, as the Australian Conservatives' Cory Bernardi and the Greens' Sarah Hanson-Young back calls for a judicial inquiry.
A Melbourne policeman acted appropriately when he shot and killed teenager Numan Haider as he attacked him and another officer with a knife outside a suburban station, a coroner finds.
A landmark case is underway in the Federal Court to determine whether correspondence between the Queen and the Governor-General concerning the 1975 dismissal of the Whitlam government should be released.
A woman who murdered her grandfather after learning he kept his life savings in a shed at his Adelaide home has been a "very troubled young woman over a long period of time", her lawyer tells the Supreme Court.
Victor Power has tears in his eyes as the credits fade: the 98-year-old veteran never thought he'd return to Dunkirk. He says Christopher Nolan's film tells the truth of what happened to him on the beach — and serves as a warning that "we don't want any more wars".
Despite speculation, Pauline Hanson's sister Judy Smith is not necessarily on track to join her sibling in the Upper House, according to the ABC's electoral expert Antony Green.
Do doctors have to help out during a medical emergency on a plane? And are they liable for what happens in the sky? ABC readers who've helped or been on the receiving end of assistance share their stories.
Britain's Channel 4 plans to broadcast private video tapes showing Princess Diana speaking candidly with her public-speaking coach about her failing marriage and her strained relationship with the royal family.
Two years ago, the Abbott government announced 12,000 Syrian and Iraqi refugees would be allowed into Australia. Now, the final families are arriving and learning how to follow the rules that come with their new life.
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