| | | | Alastair Cook reaches a sensational double century as England builds a competitive lead against Australia at the MCG. Follow all the action in our Fourth Ashes Test live blog. | | | | The director of a film whose lead actress was critically injured on Boxing Day in a fiery triple-fatal crash on the New South Wales south coast says she was on her way to stardom. | | | | Wild Oats XI smashes the Sydney to Hobart race record to win its ninth title but is still facing a formal protest by runner-up Comanche over a near collision at the Boxing Day start. | | | | A man is accused of beating to death "spinning legend" and champion of the Byron Bay dance music scene Chris Bradley in an attack on Christmas Day. | | | | Unions are again pushing to have long-term casual workers converted into permanent employees, but they face stiff opposition from retail and business groups. | | | | A tropical cyclone brings down trees and powerlines after damaging winds and heavy rainfall hit the coastal tourist town of Broome and nearby Aboriginal communities. And now the snakes are on the move. | | | | A spate of inebriated commuters slipping, tripping, and falling at train stations prompts a silly season safety warning from Queensland Rail, which has released CCTV footage of some of its drunk passengers. | | | | Amid a storm of criticism and allegations of sexism, Vanity Fair admits a video suggesting Hillary Clinton take up knitting or get a hobby to stop her running again for president "missed the mark". | | | | A $58 million Russian weather satellite went missing in space after the rocket which was blasting it into orbit was programmed with the wrong coordinates, the country's Deputy Prime Minister says. | | | | A developer's plan to "change the face" of Kings Cross by demolishing the building which once housed the famous Les Girls nightclub is knocked by locals who feel it does not fit in with the identity of the Cross. | | | | NRL player Jarryd Hayne is back in Sydney for the first time since news broke of a civil suit alleging the Eels player sexually assaulted a woman while he was playing for the San Francisco 49ers. | | | | If you're heading to Falls Festival at Marion Bay this year, this is what your waste will be turned into. | | | | Employers and managers who take the time to listen to their workers and involve them in decision-making may be strengthening the nation's democracy, writes Andrew Timming. | | | | A secret affair, a royal snub and a bullied prince — season two of The Crown makes some intriguing claims about the Royal family and their lives in the late 1950s. Here's what you can believe and what is fiction. | | | | World number one Rafael Nadal is in doubt for the Australian Open after aborting plans to play in lead-up events in Brisbane and Sydney due to a knee injury. | | | | From growing up in a housing commission on the coast, to travelling the world as a pro surfer, then landing himself in jail, Robbie Page reflects on how his mistakes led to his own spiritual growth. | | | | Under the watchful eye of the Communist Party, and amid a backlash against the rampant consumerism of the past several decades, people in China are turning to religion to find deeper meaning. | | | | In an era in which teens are showing less and less interest in Facebook's main platform, Messenger Kids is part of strategy to recapture their interest, and sidestep child protection laws in order to lay hands on their data. | | | | Australia spends more than $10 billion every four years on weapons and military equipment from the United States, with high-tech flying bombs and attack helicopter upgrades among the big-money items. | |  |
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