| | | | A late breakthrough before tea gives Australia some momentum going into the final session on day one of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba. Follow our live blog. | | | | The Foreign Minister's call for an investigation into Cabinet leaks shows the Federal Government is "eating itself", Bill Shorten says. | | | | The Olympic Stadium and the Sydney Football Stadium will be demolished and rebuilt in a $2 billion overhaul signed off by NSW Cabinet today, despite fierce opposition from members of the Government and other political stakeholders. | | | | Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm will host a question and answer session with Milo Yiannopoulos at Parliament House when the controversial alt-right figure tours Australia next month. | | | | Tesla's giant back-up battery is intended to ease SA's blackout risk this summer, with capacity to keep the power on in about 30,000 homes for more than an hour. | | | | The tide is turning on euthanasia and same-sex marriage, yet safe, legal abortion remains off-limits for Queensland and NSW. We need to prioritise women's safety, writes Jane Caro. | | | | A car ploughs 20 metres through the entrance of the Joondalup Health Campus in Perth's north, leaving six people injured, three seriously. | | | | Two Queensland paramedics who went out of their way to fulfil the final wish of a palliative patient and bring her to the beach one last time say they're humbled by the worldwide attention as a photo of their good deed goes viral. | | | | A Brisbane man is sentenced to six months' probation for drowning his neighbour's dog Thunder after finding the animal in his backyard chicken coop. | | | | Immigration Minister Peter Dutton confirms PNG police arrested some asylum seekers, including Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani (pictured), as they worked to clear the closed immigration detention centre. | | | | Two men forced to spend five days on their bogged ute in croc-infested waters have described how their hearts sank as they heard planes overhead but they did not seem to spot their plight. | | | | There are calls for a review of NSW's gun laws to clarify protections for people who use a firearm to protect their property, after a farmer used a rifle to subdue a man during a so-called citizen's arrest. | | | | Academics at RMIT University in Melbourne are calling for Australian universities to institute a blanket ban on sex between faculty members and students. | | | | Naval officer Rebecca Jeffcoat arrived to manage the Casey research station in Antarctica with a coveted gift for the crew: fresh fruit and vegetables. | | | | John Alexander, the Liberal candidate in a crucial federal by-election in Sydney, apologises after a video surfaces of him telling jokes about rape and making racial quips in the 1990s. | | | | There are many things to admire about America, but Black Friday is not one. Bringing it here without the benefit of Thanksgiving is unjustified, writes Ben Pobjie. | | | | It's the last known evidence of Saliha Osmanovic's husband alive — a chilling video of him telling their son to come out of hiding and not be afraid. They were murdered soon after. | | | | US limousine driver Mike Hughes, who doesn't believe in science, expects to hurtle 550 metres over a ghost town in a steam-powered rocket this weekend. | | | | Lacey loves Farooq, and doesn't think race will have any real impact on their relationship — but Farooq, well, he says that's just not how the world works. | | | | Women who were married to abusive priests are for the first time revealing their experiences of sexual assault, control and fear. They say the church has known for decades that some clergy abuse their wives but has done very little to fix the ongoing problem. | | | | Former Ballina High student Sorelle Amore spent 13 weeks travelling 12 countries, living in some of the most beautiful houses in the world. | |  |
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