| | | | Barnaby Joyce's influence in the federal reshuffle is exposing tensions and personal animosities within the National Party, with a first-term Queenslander promoted straight to Cabinet and another experienced MP elbowed out. | | | | The West Australian's stellar rise through federal politics continues with his appointment to Attorney-General in today's reshuffle, but back in his electorate storm clouds are gathering over the man talked about as the next prime minister, writes Jacob Kagi. | | | | At a roundabout in the dead heart of Raqqa are the spikes where Islamic State soldiers displayed decapitated heads. It's become a symbol of the city's debasement as survivors return in search of hope for the future. | | | | Cricket broadcast rights are due to expire next year and the field is wide open. So where will we watch the game for the next five years? Channel Nine is one option but streaming services are also in the mix. | | | | Protesters block the gates of refugee accommodation on Manus Island, stopping staff from entering, refugees leaving and supplies from reaching the centre. | | | | A 35-year-old Queensland man could face up to 20 years in jail after being caught with almost 20 grams of crystal methamphetamine and 14 ecstasy tablets. | | | | A woman fatally stabbed her friend and then licked blood from the knife in a spontaneous act while grossly drunk, an Adelaide court hears, as her lawyer argues she should not be jailed for more than 20 years for her crime. | | | | The Hollywood star who shot to fame in Weinstein movies claims most men are OK and will not be affected by sexual assault allegations. | | | | A Queensland yachtsman, who lost his wife in a sailing accident three years ago, dies after desperately clinging to a dinghy with two friends for four days off the coast of the Philippines, where the men were attempting to deliver a luxury yacht. | | | | Donald Trump's judicial nominee pick withdraws his nomination after a disastrous grilling during his confirmation hearing. | | | | AFP staff accidentally used the Periscope streaming platform to broadcast themselves discussing the upcoming arrest of an alleged North Korean agent, days before the raid happened. | | | | A renowned artist and her two sons will next year stand trial for murder over the death of 81-year-old Katherine Panin at Red Hill in 2015. | | | | Dramatic footage surfaces of "spider lightning" crawling across the sky over Glenelg beach last night, as the Bureau of Meteorology says more than 280,000 lightning strikes were recorded over 24 hours across SA. | | | | A school choir from Port Macquarie will perform in New York, conducted by famous composer Paul Mealor, after being discovered on YouTube. | | | | Australian mining giant BHP is set to pull out of the World Coal Association and is threatening to leave the Minerals Council of Australia over differences on climate change policy. | | | | The Trump administration is expected to accuse the rogue nation of unleashing a cyber attack that crippled hospitals, banks and businesses around the world earlier this year. | | | | A train making the first run on a new route in Washington state jumps off the tracks at 130 kilometres per hour, plummeting onto an interstate highway and killing at least three people. | | | | Two men in their 20s are charged and another remains at large after they allegedly attacked a 63-year-old man with a chainsaw in Sydney's inner-west. | | | | Many women who experience domestic violence will, if lucky, escape to begin a new, safer life. For others, including these women in Australian Hindu and Sikh communities, their suffering has ended only with death. These are their stories. | |  |
By political reporter Nick Harmsen | |  |
By Jacob Kagi | |  |
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