| | Foreign Minister Julie Bishop uses her address to the United Nations General Assembly to warn the international order faces increasing threats, chiefly from North Korea and terrorism. | | | Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May sets out a plan to retain full access to the European Union's single market for two years after Brexit. | | | One Nation senator Malcolm Roberts was a citizen of the United Kingdom by descent at the time of his nomination, the High Court finds. | | | Those close to Dr G Yunupingu speak candidly about why the world-famous musician spent some of his final days sleeping out in the open on a Darwin beach. | | | Smoke alarms for people who are hearing-impaired use a strobe light and vibration pad when a fire is detected but the alarms are expensive and now that a NSW subsidy has ended, there are fears some people who need them could miss out on the life-saving device. | | | A 38-year-old Hobart DJ charged with assaulting former prime minister Tony Abbott says he is a lone anarchist that "felt the need to headbutt Tony Abbott because I didn't think it was an opportunity I'd get again". | | | We seem all too eager to vilify or mock or threaten or physically attack our opponents rather than seek common ground, writes Stan Grant. | | | The RSL launches an investigation into claims raised at the charity's AGM that a former league president was given a $40,000 car when he retired last year. | | | The Adelaide Crows are off to the 2017 AFL grand final, putting on a serious show to beat the Cats by 61 points in front of a record crowd at Adelaide Oval. | | | The Melbourne Storm reach a second-straight grand final with a demolition of Brisbane, with AAMI Park waving goodbye to a victorious Cooper Cronk. | | | London strips Uber of its licence to operate in the city from the end of this month over "a number of issues which have potential public safety and security implications". | | | In Australia, there have been a number of cases of Buruli ulcers, an infection caused by a "flesh-eating" bacteria. If left untreated, it can result in significant disfigurement and disability. Here's what you need to know (and how to avoid it). | | | Australia issues a new travel advisory for people considering travelling to Bali and hundreds of homes in the vicinity of Mount Agung are evacuated as experts warn the island's enormous volcano could erupt soon. | | | A Brisbane mother has recalled the moment that three generations of her family were nearly killed in a head-on crash when a driver distracted by a mobile phone crossed into their lane. | | | Nepal plans to settle controversy over the height of the world's tallest peak after some estimates suggested it became a little shorter in the wake of an earthquake two years ago. | | | We were warned the postal vote would bring out an ugly debate and it has. As always, it's the loony fringes on both sides who are responsible but so far it's the Yes camp that appears to be doing more self-harm, writes David Lipson. | | | A school's humble fundraiser to educate girls in Africa has raised more than 200 times its original goal of $900 after a negative tweet by Senator Cory Bernardi prompted a flood of support. | | | There is a distinct lack of government help in Jojutla, compared to the massive emergency response in Mexico City, with residents dealing with the aftermath of the powerful earthquakes. | | | By James Valentine |
| | By Julie McCrossin |
| | By Stan Grant |
| | By Christian Swann and Simon Rosenbaum |
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