| | | | Police are expected to upgrade an attempted murder charge to murder after a Northcote man dies in hospital, becoming the first fatality of the Flinders Street attack. | | | | New counter-terrorism measures will soon be unveiled to improve security at regional airports, but concerns are growing the costs involved could make flights to some towns unviable. | | | | Defence personnel in Darwin were operating at "increased readiness" earlier this month when Russian strategic bombers conducted navigation exercises close to Australia, flying out of an Indonesian military base, the ABC can reveal. | | | | Plastic-eating fungi. Flying taxis. Reversing ageing. Prisoners feeding hungry kids. Editing disease out of genes. Daughters reunited with their missing Dad 45 years on. These are the good news stories that stole our hearts in 2017. | | | | From big weather events to celebrity deaths and the top tech — Google's top search trends of 2017 provide a broad snapshot of the people, places, fads and events that defined this year. Can you guess what intrigued (and stumped) us the most? | | | | At least nine people are killed after a gunman opened fire on worshippers at Coptic Christian church in Cairo and a nearby shop before he was wounded and arrested, Egypt's Interior Ministry has said. | | | | A three-year-old boy dies after being run over by his father in the driveway of a home in Brisbane's north-west. | | | | Far from merely being a remake of a 1992 movie classic, Stan's Romper Stomper reflects new schisms and complexities in contemporary Australian extremist politics. (Warning: this article contains spoilers!) | | | | The boyfriend of Annabelle Falkholt, who has died in hospital after a fiery Boxing Day crash that killed her parents and left her actress sister Jessica fighting for life, says he has lost the "love of his life" and wishes he could "wake up from this terrible nightmare". | | | | If you are spending New Year's Eve in Sydney expect to see police and government vehicles around the streets to counter possible terror threats, you can also expect to see fireworks designed by the "greatest showman" — Hugh Jackman. | | | | Australian model Sophie Applegarth shares photos of herself and a friend dressed up in blackface as tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, but says she had no "racist or malicious intent". | | | | NT police say they have "grave concerns" for 70-year-old Patrick Moriarty, who disappeared from the outback town of Larrimah on December 16. | | | | Technology finally catches up with speeding motorcyclists, bringing to an end their ability to evade the fleet of mobile speed cameras by snapping them from behind for the first time. | | | | A Zimbabwean family has been trapped in Bangkok's main airport for two months, sleeping on sofas in a departure lounge and eating food provided by airport staff. | | | | England coach Trevor Bayliss describes ball-tampering allegations as nothing but "Pommy bashing" after a match referee ruled he was satisfied Jimmy Anderson did nothing illegal while cleaning the ball at the MCG. | | | | Chatting with Prince Harry, schmoozing with Emmanuel Macron — despite the US Constitution limiting American presidents to two terms, Barack Obama is behaving very presidentially. So what's going on? | | | | Reports that Chinese ships have been transferring crude oil to North Korea in contravention of a UN resolution suggests slapping sanctions on North Korea was the easy part. It's enforcing them that is proving a much bigger challenge. | | | | Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is fined $250 after he was caught not wearing a life jacket during a short trip in his dinghy earlier this week. | | | | Former editors of Milo Yiannopoulos' autobiography describe the right-wing provocateur's manuscript as "lazy", "convoluted" "self-serving" and "phenomenally petty", court documents reveal. | | | | Apple says sorry for deliberately slowing down its devices as they age, and announces plans for how it wants to make it up to you. Here's what it's going to do. | | | | Heavy winds blow away the wheel chock of a private plane causing it to crash through security fences and into a building adjacent to Malta International Airport. | |  |
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