| | | | A leading British CEO, his two sons, his fiancee and her 11-year-old daughter have been identified as the family who died when a seaplane returning from an upmarket restaurant dived into the Hawkesbury River, north of Sydney, on New Year's Eve. | | | | The North Korean leader uses a New Year's address to say all of the US is within range of his nuclear missiles— but says he will only press the launch button if "our security is threatened". | | | | Federal Minister Greg Hunt says tougher sentencing laws are needed to deal with out-of-control "African gang crime" in parts of Melbourne, but Victoria Police insists it is "well and truly on top of" the city's youth crime problems. | | | | Sir Joh Bjelke-Petersen's political career ended in 1987, and the release of Queensland cabinet documents shed light on the former state premier's abrupt demise amid corruption allegations after a 19-year reign. | | | | A man is charged over a sexual assault at the Falls Music Festival in Tasmania after being apprehended in a citizen's arrest by the alleged victim and her friend. | | | | Police praise the behaviour of partygoers around the country who gathered to ring in 2018, with celebrations in Sydney hailed as a success after more than 1 million people descended on the Harbour foreshore for a fireworks extravaganza. | | | | As our holiday road death toll climbs, perhaps it's time to stop attributing fatal accidents to inexperience, immaturity or even stupidity, and view the crashes as a failure in a system that should be protecting young drivers. | | | | Australia and New Zealand become the first countries to usher in 2018 as New York City's Times Square braces for what could be the coldest New Year's Eve ball drop on record. | | | | Official documents relating to the brutal 1942 murder of Melbourne pensioner Catherine "Wild Rose" Whitley are made public for the first time. | | | | Australia boasts the leading Test run-scorer and wicket-taker of 2017 but the team's quest for top spot in Test cricket will continue beyond the upcoming tour of South Africa. | | | | Six-year-old Henry McArthur has scored a lucky start to 2018 by beating the one-in-a-hundred odds of drawing his own winning ticket at the Royal Australian Mint — a move that left him speechless. | | | | England pace bowler James Anderson hits out at accusations he was involved in tampering with the ball during the drawn fourth Ashes Test at the MCG. | | | | Jordan's royal palace threatens legal action against anyone spreading "lies" about the ruling family, just days after King Abdullah relieved his brothers from top army posts in a major shakeup. | | | | Following the royal commission, the new generation of Catholic priests is promising to make the church more open, engaging and modern. | | | | Australians might elect a president of the wrong "calibre", the Keating Government was warned during the republic debate, according to newly released Cabinet documents from 1994 and 1995. | | | | A Melbourne couple's new year begins in terrifying fashion as a car ploughs through their bedroom wall, sending bricks flying across the room as they run for their lives. | | | | A community effort from seaside volunteers in the small South Australian town of Robe is helping veterans find their feet in civilian life. | | | | You might be surprised to know the "star signs" in your newspaper don't match up with the actual constellations in the sky. This is why. | | | | Some things, like the dangers of smoking, are a given. Others, like the benefits of coffee, less so. But a new app that calculates the risks of everyday activities may provide a scientific guide to daily life. | |  |
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