| | The United States is set to warn Americans against visiting Cuba and will order more than half of US personnel to leave the island in a dramatic response to "specific attacks" on diplomats. | | | In the town of Santa Teresa, located south-east of Alice Springs, young unemployed Indigenous Australians are among the thousands of remote work-for-the-dole participants across Australia enduring half-a-day telephone wait times as they attempt to contact Centrelink to try and avoid crippling financial penalties. | | | Tesla boss Elon Musk announces construction on the "world's biggest" lithium ion battery, taking shape in South Australia, has reached its halfway point, putting the company on track to meet its summer deadline. | | | Two children are feared to be among those killed in separate botched bombing raids in Iraq involving the Australian Defence Force. | | | After a difficult few years, the Adelaide Crows have the opportunity to create a perfect ending to a tumultuous story — but captain Taylor Walker says the team will not be using it for pre-game motivation. | | | A round six trouncing at the hands of grand final opponent Adelaide has helped toughen Richmond into a side ready to win a premiership, says coach Damien Hardwick. | | | President Donald Trump's Health Secretary has resigned after his travel on costly charter flights triggered investigations and angered his boss. | | | Puspadi staff and volunteers are collecting hundreds of children from inside the evacuation zone and taking them out of danger, amid fears of Mount Agung eruption. | | | Imagine going about your daily business when, suddenly, you're barraged by frantic calls and texts from journalists, advisers and possibly even the PM. For the unlucky recipient of a number previously held by Kevin Rudd's adviser, this was his life in 2010. | | | Thousands of national police are patrolling Barcelona's streets as the city prepares to defy the Spanish Government's orders not to vote in an independence referendum this weekend. | | | After spending family Christmas holidays on Rottnest Island for two decades, this family are sad to say it's just cheaper to fly to Bali. | | | US President Donald Trump is set to travel to Asia for the first time since entering the oval office, stopping in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines. | | | 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". | | | SpaceX CEO 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. | | | Tamworth cafe staff who fly the flag claim there have been instances of harassment by people against same-sex marriage. | | | 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. | | | 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. | | | A federal parliamentary report calls for an overhaul of how NBN Co is policed, citing regular concerns about the performance of the National Broadband Network and compensation for customers. | | | An enormous rotting whale carcass has attracted an exceptional collection of normally antisocial saltwater crocodiles. | | | Former Don Dale detainee Dylan Voller is set to be released after he, his mother and six others were arrested by police at a rally in Alice Springs. | | | 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. | | | 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, writes David Lipson. | | | Today they'll be like hostile nations at war, but yesterday Crows and Tigers fans were united by a love of AFL football as anticipation builds in Melbourne before the premiership battle. | | | By Eliza Laschon |
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| | By Paul Verhoeven |
| | By Stan Grant |
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