| | Six-month-old twins Adeline and Savannah were born through commercial surrogacy in the United States, meaning they are legally parentless in Australia. | | | Police say they have found the commercial fishing trawler Dianne in which six men are believed to have drowned when it sank in heavy seas on Monday night. | | | As soon as she leaves the house, people stare at Trish Jackson. But she uses her time to teach young people how to be resilient. | | | The Oscar-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o is the latest star to accuse Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment. | | | The Federal Government appoints Professor Paul Worley to be the National Rural Health Commissioner to lead the push to improve rural health services with a return to the "old-fashioned general practitioner". | | | The online ad looked trustworthy enough — a cute puppy needed a new home because its owners were moving. But when Stephanie Anderson contacted the advertiser, something didn't feel right. | | | The morning of Tuesday October 20, 1987 started out like any other for Paddy Hore and James Sherrard. Little did they know they were about to have front row seats to a global meltdown. | | | Suicide bombers strike two mosques in Afghanistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 63 people at the end of a particularly deadly week for the troubled nation. | | | Eight prototypes for Donald Trump's proposed Mexico border wall are taking shape at a construction site in San Diego. Costing up to $500,000 each, they form a tightly packed row of imposing concrete and metal panels. | | | Former fashion model Vanessa Bell is riding a new wave of potential for on-farm businesses in Australia taking their products direct to the world online, producing hand-knitted baby blankets from super fine merino wool. | | | Police charge a 40-year-old Hillside man with murder and attempted murder over a shooting outside a Melbourne tyre business that left one man dead and another in hospital. | | | Japan's Prime Minister is both deeply unpopular and pursuing a policy agenda rejected by much of the electorate. So why now, on the cusp of a snap election, does Japan look set to stick with Shinzo Abe? | | | International health bodies condemn the WHO's decision to make Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe — who is accused of pursuing policies that led directly to the shuttering of hospitals and clinics — to be a "goodwill ambassador" on the issue of non-communicable diseases. | | | A fun-sized replica of an MRI machine at a Melbourne hospital gives children who require a scan a sense of what is involved. | | | New Zealand not only has its youngest female prime minister in Jacinda Ardern, but a renegade new "first bloke" who is a national celebrity in his own right. | | | EU leaders shun Theresa May's summit plea to negotiate a post-Brexit trade deal but give the British Prime Minister warm words and a gesture toward future talks. | | | Petrol-head Christian Mason travels about 1,500 kilometres with his kids, mate and customised "RIP GMH" number plate to mark the closure of Holden's Australian car production. | | | The founders of Australia's oldest micro-nation, the Hutt River Province in Western Australia, lose an appeal against an order to pay more than $3 million in taxes. | | | Adelaide United are held to 2-2 draw at home by Melbourne Victory despite a Vince Lia double. | | | The Tasmanian coroner calls for truck drivers to face more stringent licence testing after a husband and wife riding a motorcycle were killed by hay bales falling from an overloaded truck and trailer. | | | It's time for the first leg in the traditional "two Cups and a Plate" — but who are the main chances in Saturday's Caulfield Cup? | | | By Andrew McGarry |
| | By political correspondent David Lipson |
| | By Betty Chaar and Sami Isaac, University of Sydney |
| | By Paul Verhoeven. |
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