| | | | The break of daylight proves a relief for ABC correspondent Zoe Daniel who hitched a ride to the island blacked out by a devastating hurricane. |
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| | Have a listen to the moment a scammer pretending to be from the ATO cracks under questioning from his potential victim — a quick-thinking Queensland lawyer who says it's one of the "best reactions he's ever had". |
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| | Former Don Dale detainee Dylan Voller and his mother are arrested by police at a rally in Alice Springs, with Mr Voller posting a Facebook Live video from inside the police watch house saying "I guess I'll just have to go back and do my time, take it on the chin". |
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| | Elon Musk says he plans to replace his current rocket fleet and capsules with a next-generation spacecraft that could be used to travel to the Moon, Mars, or around the Earth — cutting most long-distance Earth flights to just half an hour. |
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| | Tamworth cafe staff who fly the flag claim there have been instances of harassment by people against same-sex marriage. |
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| | Investors who handed over $120 million to an alleged Ponzi scheme masterminded by Pilbara businesswoman Veronica Macpherson are told they are unlikely to see their money again. |
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| | Patriotism can be used as a weapon to silence of disqualify those we don't agree with. But patriotism can also be the essence of civic morality, Stan Grant writes. |
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| | A lot of Australians believe in ghosts and aliens, a poll found. That may be harmless, but it makes it a lot easier to believe in other things that aren't true, writes Andrew P Street. |
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| | An enormous rotting whale carcass has attracted an exceptional collection of normally antisocial saltwater crocodiles. |
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| | The Prime Minister, who has lost 20 Newspolls in a row and faces internal division and disruption on a daily basis, couldn't have been more relaxed when he appeared on TV last night, writes David Lipson. |
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| | In a move straight out of a Hollywood movie, South Korea once formed a team of killers made up of criminals and thugs to take out the North Korean leader. Now it is getting the gang back together. |
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| | Australia will continue its $300,000 military cooperation program with Myanmar despite allegations the army there has led a campaign of "textbook ethnic cleansing" against Rohingya Muslims. |
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| | One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts claims politicians caught up in the dual citizenship scandal shouldn't be let off because they simply didn't know they were foreigners. |
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| | From tomorrow, they'll be like hostile nations at war, but today Crows and Tigers fans are united by a love of AFL football as anticipation builds in Melbourne before the premiership battle. |
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| | Footy fans cop a belting as corporate Australia goes in harder come finals, writes Andrew Robertson. |
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| | The Immigration Minister's derogatory spray at the 50 refugees departing for the US could backfire on the government, writes Michelle Grattan. |
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| | An Adelaide primary school at the centre of a fundraising storm inadvertently whipped up by Senator Cory Bernardi raises a record $275,000 for girls in Africa. |
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| | Video of a woman aged in her 60s attempting to fight off an armed carjacker is released by authorities, showing her hitting the robber with her umbrella before being knocked to the ground as he speeds off. |
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| | Macklemore's pro-same-sex-marriage song returns to the top of the charts after criticism from some conservative politicians about the singer's scheduled performance at the NRL grand final. |
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| | Scientists fear invasive pests are among the 289 animal species that have arrived on the US west coast on rubbish from Japan's 2011 tsunami. |
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| | Waking up from a night's sleep to realise you've come under attack from bed bugs is not a pleasant experience, and now there appears to be a global spike in infestations. So how do you avoid getting bitten? |
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| | A column of steam vapour is now visible above Bali's Mount Agung volcano. It hasn't erupted yet, but it might at any time, and the uncertainty is affecting tourism. |
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| | It's a little-known fact that two Nazi V-2 rockets were something of a sensation in Australia after World War II. The story of how they ended up Down Under is an intriguing one that involves science, politics and Cold War anxieties. |
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By Stan Grant |
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By political correspondent David Lipson |
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By business reporter Andrew Robertson |
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By Kath Kenny |
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