| | | | Labor's Senate leader Penny Wong praises "an act of acceptance" as the bill to legalise same-sex marriage passes the Upper House, but with a sitting week cancelled in the House of Representatives it will not move any further until Monday. | | | | The Upper House has voted yes to the same-sex marriage bill without any amendments to the original version authored by Dean Smith. So what changes were suggested, and who wanted them? | | | | North Korea successfully launches a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile, the "Hwasong-15", which the country's state media says can reach all of the United States. | | | | A 36-year-old man has died and two other men are being airlifted to hospital after being caught in a landslide while working on a rockfall hazard on a closed Blue Mountains walking track. | | | | The embattled gardening guru is facing fresh claims about inappropriate behaviour, including allegedly swearing at and calling a couple who lost relatives in the Bali bombing "wogs". | | | | We asked you to tell us your stories of male colleagues and bosses acting inappropriately. You told us about being presented with sex toys in the office, sleeping in locker rooms to avoid persistent co-workers, and of finally finding the courage to stand up for yourself. | | | | Hobart City Council calls for the harshest possible penalty for a man who illegally demolished a heritage-listed property despite the protests of locals and a council representative so he could build townhouses. | | | | Murdered Perth brothel madam Shirley Finn's ex-girlfriend tells inquest she has feared for her life ever since Ms Finn was shot four times in the head in an execution-style murder in 1975. | | | | Independent Rockhampton candidate Margaret Strelow says she is unlikely to keep her lead in the central Queensland seat, with LNP preferences expected to give Labor a boost. | | | | The consumer watchdog launches Federal Court action against Australia's largest caravan manufacturer, alleging the company tried to prevent customers from getting refunds after they were sold faulty caravans. | | | | Watch as two French daredevils turn boarding a plane into an extreme sport, making their entrance mid-air. | | | | Shielding herself with an umbrella, Maha Al-Shennag faces court for the first time charged over the deaths of two children after she drove into a Sydney classroom earlier this month. | | | | The Prime Minister asks Labor senator Sam Dastyari to fully explain reports he warned wealthy Chinese donor Huang Xiangmo his phone was being bugged. | | | | Brightly coloured murals are said to be having the unintended effect of saving Darwin businesses money. | | | | Helen Levina's daughter came home one day to find their great dane licking the partially decomposed head of her grandmother that it had dug up in their Perth backyard, a court hears. | | | | A hearing into whether a man should be retried for the murders of two Aboriginal children in the early 1990s hears he sexually "mauled" another girl, who later disappeared. | | | | Lauren and Justin Jones wanted to raise a strong, independent child who loved nature — and prove to themselves life doesn't end when you become a parent. | |  |
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