Danish police move towards filing a formal murder charge against Swedish submarine inventor Peter Madsen, after revealing the headless body of journalist Kim Wall was weighed down with metal before being dumped at sea.
Labor senator Sam Dastyari billed taxpayers $20,000 in one day to make four Facebook videos — and that's just one of the big social media spends detailed in just-released Department of Finance records.
Olympic and Commonwealth Games cyclist Jack Bobridge appears in a Perth court charged with selling MDMA, a little over a year after winning a silver medal in the men's team pursuit in Rio.
North Korea releases a series of photos that may reveal a new design for a powerful intercontinental ballistic missile that could possibly reach any place on the US mainland, weapons experts say.
The US Navy reveals the identities of one deceased sailor and nine who went missing after the USS John McCain collided with an oil tanker in South-East Asian waters last week.
The shift to rooftop solar energy may be helping millions of Australians bring down their power bills, but a new report warns poorer households are missing out because they cannot afford the technology.
Increasing the proportion of Indigenous people on juries in the NT would improve confidence in the jury system, says the head of the NT Criminal Lawyers Association.
Meghan Trainor says her image was used in an advertisement for the No campaign without her permission, and now she's encouraging her social media followers to vote Yes in the postal survey on whether same-sex marriage should be legalised.
A special court in Bangkok will announce its verdict against former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra today in a case that could deepen political divisions in Thailand.
The Foreign Minister defends Nick Warner over a photo of him fist-pumping with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, revealing the controversial leader requested Australia's spy chief join him in his trademark pose for the image.
The Indian mining giant will contest the fine issued by the Queensland Government over the unauthorised release of sediment stormwater from the Abbot Point coal terminal.
The South Sea Islander community is calling for a statue of Townsville founder Robert Towns to be changed, to pay tribute to those who were kidnapped, brought to Queensland and forced into labour.
To its fans, Richmond is so much more than just a footy team. But they are keeping extra quiet when asked the dread question — can the Tigers win the flag in 2017?
A seven-week-old German shepherd named after Brisbane's world champion boxer, Jeff Horn, will soon begin training to become the newest addition to the Queensland Police Service Dog Squad.
Canberra's Liberal Opposition youth spokeswoman, Elizabeth Kikkert, says the Safe Schools program is "grooming" and traumatising children, as they table a petition calling for the withdrawal of government support for the initiative.
The family of hit-and-run victim Lucy Paveley is urging against feelings of anger and revenge in the wake of her death, after tensions flared outside court earlier this week.
China's internet celebrities, known as Wang Hongs, are cashing in on their growing social media influence. Australian student Amy Lyons is one of them.
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