| | | | A neighbour who was among the first responders when a car careered into a Sydney primary school this morning describes the moment he helped lift the two-tonne SUV to free a young boy who later died from his injuries. | | | | Two eight-year-old boys die after a car ploughs into a classroom at a school in Sydney, while 21 others are injured in what police believe was a tragic accident. | | | | It was a duel to make Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader proud - father and son trainers Aidan and Joseph O'Brien battling it out for Melbourne Cup glory. And just like in the movies, it was the son (and his charger Rekindling) who prevailed. | | | | We asked our ABC audience what they disliked most about the Melbourne Cup and if they could recall the moment they decided to stop watching the race. Here's what they said. | | | | Rekindling has taken out the 157th running of the Melbourne Cup. Explore our interactive guide to see how each horse performed. | | | | The votes are in, with almost four in five Australians having returned their surveys as the results day looms. Here's what happens next and when you can expect to find out what the Government is doing about same-sex marriage. | | | | Malcolm Turnbull is now conceding there might be more by-elections to deal with ineligible dual citizen MPs. That gets the hearts racing among the political class. But does it mean ordinary voters should be factoring in a visit to the polls on a Saturday soon? | | | | Rupert Murdoch's business empire may have just lost a crucial ally in colourful Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, who's been rounded up as part of an anti-corruption crackdown in the desert kingdom. | | | | Severe thunderstorms that rumbled through south-east Queensland this afternoon, bringing hail and wild winds, have eased, the Bureau of Meteorology says. | | | | Queensland woman Brittney Jade Dwyer is sentenced to life imprisonment with a non-parole period of 21 years for stabbing to death her elderly grandfather, Robert Whitwell, in his Adelaide home after the pair had sat looking through childhood photos together. | | | | A woman is arrested and police beef up their presence at the Melbourne Cup, after a car is parked across the train line to Flemington Racecourse as part of a protest. | | | | The Reserve Bank keeps its neutral stance on interest rates despite weaker than expected inflation data. | | | | Papua New Guinea's Supreme Court has rejected an application to restore basic services to the Manus Island detention centre. | | | | An investigation reveals intricate workings of the world's largest sportswear retailer's tax manoeuvring, based on 13.4 million documents revealed in the Paradise Papers leak. | | | | Women have always been central to true crime stories: as victims, perpetrators, readers, and (increasingly) as tellers of these tales. | | | | Paul Pisasale is accused of taking about $60,000 worth of cheques and equipment destined for charities and community groups while he was Ipswich mayor, court documents reveal. | | | | The US Air Force says it failed to provide information that could have prevented Texas church shooter Devin Kelley from legally purchasing firearms. | | | | At the University of Texas, students have been allowed to carry handguns on campus since August last year — and the uncertainty over who is "carrying" has some on edge. | | | | Year 12 students are finishing their final exams in New South Wales — so how would you fare in 2017? Test yourselves with these questions from this year's papers. | | | | Despite Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's veto of a loan to Adani, the company could still receive funds from a new government or via previous arrangements. | | | | A promotional video made by WA Police to publicise its "Goodbye Graffiti" campaign attracts widespread derision on social media, with users denouncing it as "cringeworthy" and "the worst video I have ever seen". | | | | After being deported from his home of two decades, Haris Simangunsong is unemployed and lives by himself in a Jakarta bedsit with his grieving family thousands of kilometres away. | |  |
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