| | | | It's the final session on day two of the first Ashes Test at the Gabba, as Australia tries to steady the ship after some early wickets in reply to England's first innings total of 302. Follow the action with our live blog. | | | | The head of a blue-ribbon NSW Liberal Party branch pens an ominous letter to Malcolm Turnbull, calling on him to capitulate and establish a royal commission into the banks or face a "wipe-out" at the next election. | | | | All too often, Australian research grants go to men who work mostly with other men — often men called Dave. New maps based on social network analysis show how women are locked out of funding. | | | | Everything you need to know about why Sydney's Olympic Stadium, which is less than two decades old, is being bowled over and replaced, as is the older Sydney Football Stadium at Moore Park. | | | | The 328 men who had been refusing to leave the closed Manus Island detention centre have now been moved to new camps, Papua New Guinea authorities confirm. | | | | When Kate McClure's car ran out of petrol on a highway last month, a homeless man came to her aid. The selfless act has inspired more than $360,000 in donations for him. | | | | North Korea reportedly replaces guards and fortifies a section of its border where a soldier staged a defection last week, while South Korean and US soldiers are decorated for their role in his rescue. | | | | Gay Indigenous man John Ridgeway was taken aback when a councillor in Dubbo declared that being gay wasn't part of Indigenous culture. Now he's hoping to set an example for people struggling with their sexuality. | | | | A Chinese businessman had dinner with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull just four days after one of his companies declared a $40,000 donation to Queensland's LNP, and less than a week out from the state's knife-edge election. | | | | The online giant Amazon is expected to launch an Australian online store some time today. Here are some ways the American behemoth is set to change the face of Australian shopping. | | | | A German shipbuilding company wins the $3.5 billion contract to design and build Australia's next fleet of 12 Offshore Patrol Vessels, with construction to be shared between shipyards in Western Australia and South Australia. | | | | A national agreement on energy is still several months away, but the Federal Government has managed to fend off an attempt by some Labor states to derail the National Energy Guarantee. | | | | Lawyers for Michael Flynn tell Donald Trump's legal team they can no longer discuss the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 US election, indicating the former national security adviser may be cooperating with the investigation. | | | | Women all over the world are tweeting personal stories of domestic and sexual abuse to expose violence and sexism in the church. But are faith leaders listening? | | | | Relatives of Argentinian sailors missing after their submarine lost contact in the Atlantic react with shock after the country's navy reveals a huge sound consistent with the vessel being torn apart by water pressure was heard more than a week ago. | | | | A huge noise picked up by nuclear test monitors just hours after an Argentinian submarine went missing makes it look unlikely any of the 44 men and women on board have survived. Here's why. | | | | Barnaby Joyce, the former agriculture minister fighting to keep his seat in a by-election, says he had no prior warning that mining magnate Gina Rinehart was going to award him a giant novelty cheque worth $40,000 for being a "champion of farming". | | | | US President Donald Trump praises US military equipment while speaking to the Coast Guard ahead of Thanksgiving, saying a new plane the Air Force was ordering was "almost like an invisible fighter". | | | | Queensland voters are now armed with a new system that reveals political donations in real time. Who's handing out the big cheques? | | | | From racists hurling abuse in the street to other African kids taunting him for attending school, staying out of trouble is a daily manoeuvre for 17-year-old Akang Akang. But he's determined to defy the doubters. | |  |
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