| | | | Jacqui Lambie bids an emotional farewell to the Senate after discovering this morning she is "not as bloody Australian as they come". But the Tasmanian firebrand says this is not the last that federal politicians have seen of her. | | | | We've asked every federal politician what they intend to do if same-sex marriage gets to a vote in Parliament. On the numbers we've gathered, both houses would pass a bill to change the law. Check out what your local member will do. | | | | Labor nominates the former New South Wales premier to run in the Bennelong by-election against John Alexander, in a contest that could upset the Federal Government's fragile majority and cause major headaches for Malcolm Turnbull. | | | | You've got a young child asleep in the back of a car, you've just filled up with petrol at the servo, and the time's come to go inside and pay. Here's what the law says about what you do next. | | | | Eric Edgar Cooke brutally murdered at least eight people in Perth between 1959 and 1963. Now original sound recordings have been unearthed from his trial, in which he reveals the dark power inside his head that pushed him to unspeakable acts. | | | | Star Wars has long been a money spinner, but gamers have let publisher EA know they're unimpressed by attempts to keep taking their money even after they've paid for the game. | | | | After 18 months of qualifiers in every corner of the globe, the list of teams is nearly complete for next year's World Cup finals in Russia. Check who's in and who's out. | | | | Time is running out to prevent a global environmental collapse — that's the stark warning from more than 15,000 of the world's leading climate scientists. | | | | In a thick, dense patch of almost impenetrable bush in the Sunshine Coast hinterland, the mutilated remains of up to 60 grey-headed flying foxes were found splattered across the forest floor. | | | | Iranian authorities wind down rescue operations in areas hit by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 450 people and injured several thousand others, as there is little hope of finding anyone else alive. | | | | The mother of an eight-year-old boy who was found unresponsive in her car in Melbourne's west was unaware he had climbed into the back and hidden instead of getting out with his siblings at school drop off, police say. | | | | Not long after Yong first moved to Australia, he saw a 14-year-old boy on the side of the road. What he did next reveals a lot about the migrant experience. | | | | Women are sharing photos of themselves at age 14 to remind the world children deserve protection, not sexual assault, after US Senate candidate Roy Moore was accused of pursuing a 14-year-old girl in 1979. | | | | A decision to name Sydney's newest public transport vessel Ferry McFerryface sees some defending the online poll and others describing the situation as "ridiculous". | | | | When the Global Financial Crisis shook the world in 2008, it affected jobs and businesses around the world — and for Rob Henry, it was the catalyst that saw him leave behind everything he knew to live with a remote Indonesian tribe and learn a new language. | | | | The bugs plaguing the much maligned National Broadband Network will be sorted out within months, the head of the company responsible for its rollout says. | | | | Whenever he's in Australia, Sir Elton John likes to peruse the aisles of his favourite record shops looking for new local musicians. | | | | Angry retirees scoff and jeer the man who lost millions of their life savings, as Brad Sherwin is jailed for fraud over a $60 million investment collapse that left victims "shocked, helpless and hopeless". | | | | In the first edition of The Ashes Natter, our writers look at the changes to the Australian Test team over the past 12 months and wonder if its greatest weakness is still to be addressed. | | | | Paul Christie says he was fighting against a "war culture" when he entered Pine Gap near Alice Springs, which he called a "facility of death", and told officers interviewing him that God helped him get in. | | | | You might think a dusky flathead almost a metre long would be enough to win a fishing competition, but history tells us that's not necessarily the case. | |  |
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